| Title | Year | Series | Note |
| Indemnity Only | 1982 | V.I. Warshawski | |
| Deadlock | 1984 | V.I. Warshawski | |
| Killing Orders | 1985 | V.I. Warshawski | |
| Bitter Medicine | 1987 | V.I. Warshawski | |
| Blood Shot (Toxic Shock) | 1988 | V.I. Warshawski | |
| Beastly Tales | 1989 | ||
| Burn Marks | 1990 | V.I. Warshawski | |
| A Taste of Life: And Other Stories | 1990 | ||
| Windy City Blues (V I for Short) | 1991 | V.I. Warshawski | |
| A Woman's Eye | 1991 | ||
| Guardian Angel | 1992 | V.I. Warshawski | |
| A Sara Paretsky Omnibus | 1992 | ||
| The Sara Paretsky Value Collections | 1992 | ||
| Female Sleuths: A Mystery Collection | 1993 | ||
| Freud at Thirty Paces | 1993 | ||
| Tunnel Vision | 1994 | V.I. Warshawski | |
| The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Seventh Annual Collection | 1994 | ||
| Women on the Case | 1996 | ||
| Ghost Country | 1998 | ||
| Hard Time | 1999 | V.I. Warshawski | |
| Total Recall | 2001 | V.I. Warshawski | RT 2001 Reviewers' Choice |
| Blacklist | 2003 | V.I. Warshawski | |
| Fire Sale | 2005 | V.I. Warshawski | |
| Bleeding Kansas | 2007 |